I generalized the quote, I did not cite verbatim....
I am not Catholic so I have no horse in this race. However, there were no other formal Christian religions or “organizations” for those that like that word that were in existence. All the other Christian religions spawned off of Catholicism.
Regardless of whether or not Christians believe in the authenticity of the Catholic Church, all Christians should be respectful since it was the Catholic Church that saved “scriptures”, it was the Catholic Church that prevented the spread of Islam over Christianity, and it would be a very different world today if the Catholic Church were not in existence.
Generalized what quote? I see none.
I’m sorry, but it’s beginning to seem to me as if you have no idea what you’re talking about and are losing track because of an apparent inability to distinguish either cite from anecdote, nor an historical cite pertaining to the church from scripture itself.
There were several churches early on, they’re referenced by name in the Epistles. The Apostle Paul even wrote to Rome and instructed the church there, rebuked it even. Rather odd, don’t you think, if Peter were Pope, for Paul to have done such a thing?